Yep....just get one of those giant circus / weight guessing scales at the entrance to every restaurant.

Is someone who's overweight, or smokes, and dies at a relatively early age any more expensive than someone who lives into their 80's and gets treatment for the common things that come along with old age?

Get everybody fat and smoking, the average lifespan will drop back into the mid 60's and watch those healthcare costs start to drop.

I think I'm being sarcastic.

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your just telling the truth.

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1987 420 SEL

A "Fatometer"

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

What were you on an exchange for, your parents trying to get a better deal?

This is one of the more ridiculous things I have read on this thread.

I guess all LSUs players from this past year were imported from Chicago, home of the thinnest people on earth

I must admit JD, you just made me laugh.

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I was going to say, I don't think the South has a monopoly on obesity . . .

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

See, and they say laughter is the best medicine. And me from the South and all

Yep, it really is the truth according to these guys:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080205/ap_on_he_me/obesity_cost;_ylt=AjyKvyVEpU89dfYYOSXAF6.s0NUE

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2008 Subaru Outback
2009 Subaru Forester

The South is just not conducive for walking. Brutal summer heat, roads washing away from floods, a lower cost of living also makes for lower fuel prices, so driving, even with $3/gal gas, driving is an attractive option. Then, people just don't want to plain exercise or eat right. Crispy batter and gravies are a way of delicious, mouth watering life down here, as well as BBQ, Mexican food, funnel cakes, fried seafood platters, and we do have salads, they're just piled with 2lbs of meat (as mine was at lunch, I think you really had to call mine chicken with caesar dressing and a small salad topping, lol). We have an exercise class at my church that meets 3-4 time a week. In almost every class, I'm the only person in attendence, I'd say a good percentage of people in the congregation could benefit from exercise, but they like their high fat, low exercise diets. They can keep on, but at least I'm trying to do something.

Houston is probably the worst Southern city overall because we have SPRAWL. Everything is far away. In some places in the US, everything's within walking distance. But in Houston, you could drive from the southern edge to the northern edge of the Houston city limits on I-45, that's about 36 miles, and you'd still have 27 more miles of northbound driving to go before you hit a rural area between Conroe and Huntsville. Our urban sprawl extends up to 30 miles from the city limit lines, and the city limit lines spread about 20 miles from the CBD, that's about 50 miles of sprawl, and it will only get worse. I think in 10-20 years, regular commutes to Houston from subdivisions built in Huntsville, Prairie View, Wharton, and Freeport will be a regular occurance. We're a city that built our International airport almost 25 miles away 40 years ago, might as well called it "South Montgomery County International Airport". Then, there's our smog days, wanna go out and exercise? You can try, but you'll be out of breath soon. But, there's the option of exercising in a nice, air conditioned building, but, laziness abounds!

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The media helps too, food and car commercials thats what we see on t.v. Now do you think the public would be healthier if we had exercise and bike commercials?

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1987 420 SEL

No, they'd be healthier if they got up off their asses and went outside and got some exercise probably . . .

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

I figured there would be a fat calendar somewhere.

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00 E420
98 E300 DT
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97 S500
97 E300D
86 Holden Jackaroo Turbo D
86 300SDL
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Well, I take back my earlier coment. Maybe the South DOES have a monopoly on obesity . . .

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

o.k. with all the plastic surgeons and obession about weight in California, it shows it to be a plump state.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL